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He'll probably partner Emil again at 2 and be happy with 5-7 points a meeting

He's not going to give up a £50k signing fee very quickly is he?

What? The team that finished lower as it was a better than expected play-off performance?!

Although Scott would have similar 'availability' issues at all of the Saturday tracks whether riding and/or managing!

Can't see it being Eastbourne as they - like Leicester - are a Saturday track so still clashes with his BT commitments. I would put Kent much higher up the list of possible clubs.

Although Eastbourne have run a fan survey asking for opinions of Saturday nights v Sunday afternoon racing?! Its a nice little survey on their website!

Hans rides in the Danish league on some Wednesdays. Scott is leaving Leicester due to the number of Saturday fixture clashes with his BT Sport commitments. Meanwhile Kent confirm a 'surprise International rider' to be announced!!

He didn't have many this year!!

Doubt it'll be Poole cos MF just wants the loan fees!!

Quite correct.

...and assuming Nico rides in Britain at all next year?

Who will the Witches drop to get Nicolai in on 7.43? Or will it be a straight replacement for NKI?

I wonder if Max's decision has the full backing of the Australian Team Manager?

Nick Budimir is/was quite well known in the Bournemouth/Poole and East London areas for his involvement in a number of businesses both retail and corporate. He was one of a group of sponsors of Antonio Lindback back in the day. Maybe his plans for a 24/7 stadium facility might also include a nightclub-type of venue??!! If you search his name on Yahoo theres a video of him from 9 years ago talking about very similar plans and ideas for another greyhound track proposal which sounds very similar. There is also reference to his former employer - a certain Mr David Sullivan - which may ring a few bells for some?!

That applies to virtually half of the clubs in British speedway!!

I'm sure there will be an element of 'quid-pro-quo' with certain other teams who want to use some Poole assets. Ellis who isn't a Poole asset but still has Poole-based sponsors, can stay with Robins as they are Premiership. Doubt he will line up again at Brum with them having signed Bomber plus he has signed a Danish league contract - which is not impossible to work around fixture-wise as Poole did with Klindt and Hans in previous seasons before FRN were introduced.. There are very strong whispers from the various Poole sponsors and others that at least 4 rider contracts have already been offered - 3 of whom were Championship heat leaders this season plus one reserve.

Quite a few loan fees heading Poole's way with that 1-7.

Yes but NBJ collapsed in the pits and was expected to be out for quite a while after a stomach op!! As it turned out, the specialists back in Denmark decided an op was not necessary and he was declared fit enough to ride again, by which time Poole had made the switch. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

Wow not seen that said before. What a surprise - and on a Poole 2020 thread too!

Don't get me wrong, Matt certainly took his eye off the ball for a time but the decision not to replace Richie sooner was purely down to averages, availability and finance!!

I agree. 'Decent music' is such a subjective thing especially when your audience is of an older demographic. At Poole this year a new music set was introduced and lasted only a few weeks before reverting to the old one. Riders have their individual music tracks for when they win a race. Similarly the tannoy - some say its too loud - others can't hear it clearly.

I thought Ricky had already announced he would be leaving the Monarchs - sure I read it in Speedway Star a couple of weeks ago.

Music from the 70's 80's 90's doesnt seem to upset the fans at Polish or Swedish tracks, the latter even having to put up with grass banks to sit/stand on.

Thursdays, Mondays, BSPA meetings. He only moved to France mid-season. They do have phones, the internet and social media in France as well!!! 2019 was a transition period for Danny to start to become the media face for Poole Speedway especially on meeting days even though MF was always there - bar one meeting. Matt was very much making the decisions, paying the bills and clearly having to deal with the fallout from the main sponsor situation.

The only year they made a loss was this year! Every one of the other 20 years the club has at the very least broken even.